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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
3
Brown's Business College at 116 South Sixth Street Terre Haute Indiana presents itself as leading business training school of Indiana. It proclaims one of Brown's Big Schools the strongest system in the world.
Mrs. Dellie Covey obtained a divorce from Perry Covey and, fifteen minutes later, married Homer Hillenburg after Judge James B. Wilson granted the decree in Lawrence Circuit Court. The judge then officiated at the second wedding, paying costs and issuing a new license in quick succession.
New York December 16 official filing shows Taft 7 637 676 Bryan 6 393 182 Debs 447 651 Chafin 241 252 Hisgen 83 186 Watson 33 871 Gilhaus 15 421 totals 14 852 239 compare 1904 totals and party shifts Bryan leads gain 1 315 211 Taft gains 14 190 Debs surpasses 1904 Socialist by 45 368 Prohibition and Populist losses noted. Xmas candy sale at Sears Bakery. birth announced southwest of city Christoph twins born to Mr and Mrs in christoph area.
A Tuesday morning fire destroyed the Henry Eker slaughter house east of the city limits. The owner valued the building at 350 dollars and hides and tallow at 445 dollars with no insurance. The incident is suspected to be incendiary theft, with barrels of salt stored inside and several hides missing or burned. The loss to markets Collins Bros Beasley Blanchett Haverly Withers and Smith Bros is listed, while Eker’s building loss totals 800 dollars.
Dan Chapman fled on horseback after jumping a contract with John Tannehill's broom brigade. Tannehill chased in the buggy with the Swamp Angel and fired, but Chapman escaped into brush. Mayor Stipp added Chapman to the bounty jumpers list as Supt. Tannehill reported the incident. Also noted is the death of 19 year old Mabel Fern Stansbury from typhoid, a North End resident and First Christian Church member.
James Clark a 87 year old brakeman and extra freight conductor on the Southern Indiana railroad disappeared from No 23 eastbound freight near Burns City. His remains were found beside the track three miles east of Burns City after a train spotted an object. Clark lived in Terre Haute and left a wife and three children. He had worked for the Southern for years as a conductor then brake-man. He likely fell between cars during a move across the train and died in a gruesome accident. He belonged to the Order of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors.
Hunters face endless no hunting signs and a comically misspelled warning about trespassers with two dogs and a double barrel shotgun. The tale sits beside a farcical old woman and her husband who quip I note it I told you so as the calf allegedly grinds the stone.
Harry D. Orchard finishes a 100 page audit covering March 1878 to August 17 of this year. The report assesses funds sources and expenditures with no criminal action by officials stated. Receiver W E Clark plans to share findings with stockholders as he assesses mortgage assets and a $6000 Citi zen Bank note.
John W. Gates intends to back the Rhoda Royal Circus with 2,000,000 in a partnership with Rhoda Royal. The merged operation will include Miller 101 Ranch assets and Frank Bostock animal arena, planned as an all year show with summer canvass and winter indoor runs. The deal targets May 1, 1909, with Gates delaying arrival due to his mother's death.
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